The purpose of this policy bulletin is to remind all staff that when an applicant applies for Public Assistance (PA), all members of the mandated filing unit must be placed in applying (AP) status for all three programs (PA, Medical Assistance (MA) and Food Stamps (FS) in the Welfare Management System (WMS). This must be done even in instances where there is a clear indication that one or more members of the applying household (h/h) will not be eligible for any of the programs.
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